NSA
NSA Options Overview
bullish flow. Conditions favor option buyers.
REWARDS
RISK ANALYSIS
NSA Gamma Walls
Value
Is IV priced right?
Measures whether options are cheap, fair, or rich relative to historical and peer
IV Rank 50.0% — elevated vs history
IV/HV 1.00x — IV ≤ HV
Sector percentile 50% — below sector median
Front/Back 1.70x — backwardation
Put/Call IV 1.00x — normal
ATM IV 0.0% — normal range
Effective IV 166.9% (ATM 0.0% + spread 83.5% + bias) — expensive
Total drag 91.88% (spread 83.46% + slippage 8.42%) — high friction
Vega efficiency 0.00 (vega 0.000 / spread 83.46%) — spread drag
Sentiment
Bullish or bearish?
Analyzes
Conviction-weighted: +33% (strong bullish) — Raw: +33%
|OI skew| 44.1% — call-heavy
Vol skew +100.0%, OI skew +44.1% — aligned
0-DTE 0%, far-OTM 15%, avg DTE 30
OI change +0.0% (5d) — stable
ITM: +0%, ATM: +100%, OTM: +0% — strong bullish (ITM/ATM divergent)
Sector P/C percentile 50% — neutral vs sector
Activity
Unusual activity?
Detects volume surges,
Volume 0.9x avg — normal
Vol/OI 1.0% — normal turnover
Top 3 strikes = 50% — dispersed
1 day(s) elevated — may be one-day event
OI change -33.5% (5d) — unwinding
Sector activity percentile 35% — below sector avg
Large trade volume 0% — mostly retail
Aggressive execution 0% — patient
Conviction +33 (bullish) — moderate
Liquidity
Can I trade efficiently?
Evaluates
Spread 83.5% — wide
OI 1,134 — thin
Volume 11/day — thin
$4.17 to cross — expensive
0 liquid strikes — limited options
Sector spread percentile 0% — much tighter than sector
Depth 210.2 contracts (bid:205.0 ask:5.2) — adequate
Avg slippage 8.42% — poor
Timing
Is now a good time?
Considers earnings proximity,
Slope +70.0% — backwardation
IV percentile 50% — neutral
IV kink 16.9pts — event priced
θ/ν ratio 1.00 — favors mixed
4 liquid expirations — flexible
acceptable: No earnings detected; FOMC in 7d
Spread ratio 1.00x — stable
Flow +33% @ 71% consistency — moderate (bullish)
Score 30 (ITM 20% + inst 0%) — retail dominated
Directional Strategy Fit
For educational purposes only. Not investment advice.
The Options Desk tracks the move options price into every US earnings report the week of Aug 31, next to how much each stock has actually moved on its past prints — plus the SPY, QQQ and IWM expected ranges and the gamma walls that box them in.